Students
Want to have fun with your friends — and actually help real people at the same time? Check out NEDC!
It's a real-world design competition that challenges you and your friends to design an assistive technology (AT) device that people with disabilities can actually use to succeed in the workplace and in their lives. You identify the problem you want to solve, then work together to design the ATD, build it, and demonstrate it to a panel of experts. Along the way, you can win prizes — including a free trip to Washington, DC, and a cash prize for your school!
Your first step is to find a coach. Your coach can be a math, science or other teacher, advisor or group leader. Then, you'll need to form a team. A team can be an entire class, a select group within a class or a group participating in an after school program (i.e. boy scouts, after school engineering club, home school group). Your team can be any number of students; however, we recommend teams of five to twenty-five.
This is as real as it gets: Real people with real challenges and a real assistive device that you design and build for real prizes!
Get going! Pick a coach, register, and download a meeting flier and poster for your first meeting!
Registration
NEDC2007-8 Handbook
NEDC Brochure
NEDC Meeting Poster
NEDC Poster
If your team is selected as a National Finalist, you will need to select five students to represent your team. All students are invited to the finals but expenses for only five will be paid for by the NEDC program. Teams outside the U.S.A. are welcome to participate but are not eligible for the National Finals Competition or scholarships.
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